Cold War

08/11/13 - Monday’s Topical Currents looks at the intrigue surrounding the intelligence career of William Colby, with University of Arkansas history professor Randall Woods. He’s the author SHADOW WARRIOR: William Egan Colby and the CIA. His career began with the OSS during World War II. He then joined the newly formed CIA, just before the onset of the Cold War, and was a controversial figure in Vietnam covert operations. He became CIA director in 1973, but was later forced to resign. His replacement was George H.W Bush. That’s Topical Currents Monday at 1pm.

October 1962 was life-changing for Miami native Charles Carter. Though he was only 16, he skipped school to go to an Army Recruiting Office the morning after President Kennedy's speech revealed Russian missiles in Cuba. Because he was underage, his parents had to give permission for him to enlist. Luckily, they did. And soon Carter found himself manning a missile site in the 'Glades -- one of four hastily erected around South Florida in the fall of '62 (pictured in above photos taken by Carter).